SCHEDULE 1AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT
In Central Bedfordshire—
A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14(1)(a) and 15 of the 2008 Act, and associated development under section 115(1)(b) of that Act consisting of a generating station with a gross rated electrical output of up to 299MWe comprising all or part of—
Work No. 1A development comprising a generating station including—
(a)
1 gas turbine generator;
(b)
1 exhaust gas emission flue stack; and
(c)
external fin fan cooler(s),
Work No. 1B development comprising a generating station and gas and electrical infrastructure including—
(a)
a control room/office/workshop;
(b)
telemetry apparatus;
(c)
a fire water tank;
(d)
a demineralised water storage tank;
(e)
an emergency generator including fuel storage tank;
(f)
gas pipeline and telemetry cabling and cathodic protection test/ transformer rectifier unit;
(g)
a natural gas receiving station and gas treatment compound containing—
(i)
a pipeline inspection gauge (PIG) receiving facility;
(ii)
isolation valves, metering, heating, filtering, compression, pressure regulation equipment;
(iii)
electricity supply kiosks;
(iv)
emergency generator including fuel storage tank;
(v)
Joule-Thomson boiler(s); and
(vi)
control and instrumentation kiosks,
Work No. 1C development comprising a generating station and electrical infrastructure including a transformer compound, generator step up transformer, unit and other transformers, overhead conductor gantry, overhead conductors and other plant and structures required to manage the transmission of electricity,
Work No. 1D development comprising a generating station including—
(a)
security infrastructure, including cameras, perimeter fencing and a gatehouse;
(b)
site lighting infrastructure, including perimeter lighting columns;
(c)
internal roadways, car parking, pedestrian network, cycle parking, hardstanding and water treatment trailers;
(d)
a maintenance compound including hardstanding and welfare and administration facilities;
(e)
site drainage and waste management infrastructure, including relocation of existing infrastructure as required;
(f)
electricity, water, wastewater and telecommunications and other services including high voltage and low voltage cabling, equipment and controls and associated telemetry and electrical protection auxiliary cabling;
(g)
landscaping including tree planting, temporary and permanent fencing and other boundary treatments and ecological mitigation; and
(h)
other ancillary equipment.
Work No. 2A development comprising the creation of a junction with Green Lane, maintenance of an existing access road between Green Lane and Rookery South Pit, including permanent road surface and kerb stones, fencing, safety barrier(s), signing and road markings works, footway, drainage (including culverts), electricity and telecommunications connections and other services and other incidental works,
Work No. 2B development comprising a new means of access, including permanent road surface and kerb stones, safety barrier(s), signing and road markings works, footway, drainage (including culverts), electricity and telecommunications connections and other services and other incidental works,
Work No. 3A development comprising gas infrastructure including—
(a)
an above ground installation (also referred to as a minimum offtake connection compound) containing—
(i)
a minimum offtake connection comprising remotely operable valves, control and instrumentation kiosks and electrical supply kiosks;
(ii)
a pipeline inspection gauge (PIG) facility, comprising a PIG launching facility, emergency control valves, isolation valves, control and instrumentation kiosks, and electricity supply kiosks;
(b)
security infrastructure, including cameras, lighting (including perimeter lighting columns) and perimeter fencing;
(c)
site drainage and waste management infrastructure;
(d)
electricity and telecommunications connections and other services;
(e)
below ground sacrificial anode pit; and
(f)
landscaping including tree planting, temporary and permanent fencing and other boundary treatments and ecological mitigation,
Work No. 3B development comprising creation of a permanent access and a construction access from an existing agricultural track into numbered work 3A, upgrading of an existing agricultural track and junction between Houghton Lane and numbered work 3A, including permanent road surface and kerb stones, signing and road markings works, drainage (including culverts), electricity and telecommunications connections and other services and other incidental works,
Work No. 4A development comprising a gas pipeline including—
(a)
a new underground gas pipeline connection and telemetry cabling, approximately 1.8km in length connecting Work No. 1B to Work No. 3A;
(b)
pipeline field marker posts and cathodic protection test/ transformer rectifier unit;
(c)
below ground drainage works;
(d)
works required in order to protect existing utilities infrastructure;
(e)
tree and hedge removal;
(f)
landscaping including tree planting, temporary and permanent fencing and other boundary treatments and ecological mitigation; and
(g)
creation of construction access from Houghton Lane,
Work No. 4B development comprising a construction laydown area including areas of hardstanding and site and welfare offices and workshop;
Work No. 5 development comprising an electrical substation and electrical infrastructure including—
(a)
400kV substation including overhead line gantry and site office and welfare accommodation and emergency auxiliary supplies;
(b)
underground high voltage electrical cables and associated telemetry and electrical protection auxiliary cabling;
(c)
security infrastructure including perimeter fencing with gates, security cameras and site lighting infrastructure, including perimeter lighting columns;
(d)
landscaping including bunds, tree planting, fencing and other boundary treatments and ecological mitigation;
(e)
site drainage and waste management infrastructure;
(f)
electricity and telecommunications connections and other services; and
(g)
internal roadways, car parking, pedestrian network and hardstanding for planned maintenance,
Work No. 6 development comprising works to construct a 400kV electrical connection between transmission towers ZA377 and ZA379 and Work No.5 and mitigation works for Work Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 including—
(a)
400 kV sealing end compounds (including downleads to connect to the new transmission tower);
(b)
underground or ducted high voltage electrical cables and associated telemetry and electrical protection auxiliary cabling and below ground drainage works;
(c)
security infrastructure including perimeter fencing with gates, security cameras, site lighting infrastructure, including perimeter lighting columns;
(d)
permanent means of access from the low level restoration scheme secondary access to numbered work 6(a), taking the form of an agricultural hard-core track not more than 6 m wide and creation of permanent diversion of the low level restoration scheme secondary access;
(e)
temporary means of access;
(f)
landscaping including bunds, tree planting, temporary and permanent fencing and other boundary treatments and ecological mitigation;
(g)
site drainage;
(h)
a new transmission tower (including downleads to connect to the sealing end compounds); and
(i)
removal of transmission tower ZA378,
Work No 7 development comprising works to, and installation of, transmission towers and mitigation works for Work Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 including—
(a)
erection and later removal of temporary transmission tower(s);
(b)
erection and later removal of scaffolding, stringing of conductors forming a temporary diversion of the existing 400kV transmission line;
(c)
erection and later removal of scaffolding, re-stringing of conductors in the alignment of the existing 400 kV transmission line;
(d)
tree, hedge and fence removal;
(e)
security infrastructure including temporary perimeter fencing with gates, security cameras and site lighting; and
(f)
landscaping including tree planting, fencing and ecological mitigation,
Work No. 8 development comprising a construction laydown area(s) including areas of hardstanding and site and welfare offices and workshops,
and such other buildings, structures, works or operations as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the works in this Schedule but only within the Order limits and insofar as they are unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.